1.03 Pirate or Puritan
1.03 Pirate or Puritan
In complete sentence format, list three specific details you learned about William Bradford from this reading.
-By the time William Bradford was twelve, he was orphaned by the death of his parents.
-In 1621, after the death of John Carver, he was elected governor of Plymouth and reelected nearly every year henceforth
-William was married twice: First to Dorothy May, 10 December 1613, in Amsterdam. And then to Alice (Carpenter) Southworth, on 14 August 1623, in Plymouth.
In two sentences, explain why you think Bradford is significant in American history:
His work colony building in Plymouth, and his success doing so, led the way for further colonization. And his journals kept well documented records of the colony’s goings on and allowed future generations to have an understanding into daily life.
What personal tragedy occurred while the Mayflower was anchored off Provincetown Harbor? (Remember, use complete sentences please): While the men whereon shore exploring Williams young wife, Dorothy Bradford, fell over board and drowned.
Journal entry: Pirate.
May, year of no lord 1646 Aigh, our ship be now anchored off thee coast of Plymouth. This brings distaste to me tongue as nothing is there I abhor more than the smugness of a puritan. Let rain down upon them our demiculverins , that we may dance upon their burned colony. I must however, under captain order should be locked in the hold, be fain in my carrying on. That said, my rapier yearns for the ineffable life at sea. The mollified life of landlubbers and yeoman is not for me -Sir.Pirate
In complete sentence format, list three specific details you learned about William Bradford from this reading.
-By the time William Bradford was twelve, he was orphaned by the death of his parents.
-In 1621, after the death of John Carver, he was elected governor of Plymouth and reelected nearly every year henceforth
-William was married twice: First to Dorothy May, 10 December 1613, in Amsterdam. And then to Alice (Carpenter) Southworth, on 14 August 1623, in Plymouth.
In two sentences, explain why you think Bradford is significant in American history:
His work colony building in Plymouth, and his success doing so, led the way for further colonization. And his journals kept well documented records of the colony’s goings on and allowed future generations to have an understanding into daily life.
What personal tragedy occurred while the Mayflower was anchored off Provincetown Harbor? (Remember, use complete sentences please): While the men whereon shore exploring Williams young wife, Dorothy Bradford, fell over board and drowned.
Journal entry: Pirate.
May, year of no lord 1646 Aigh, our ship be now anchored off thee coast of Plymouth. This brings distaste to me tongue as nothing is there I abhor more than the smugness of a puritan. Let rain down upon them our demiculverins , that we may dance upon their burned colony. I must however, under captain order should be locked in the hold, be fain in my carrying on. That said, my rapier yearns for the ineffable life at sea. The mollified life of landlubbers and yeoman is not for me -Sir.Pirate